From personal experience, you can't go wrong with the Cooper brands.
I've run them on five trucks with great success. Got 35K on the work
truck thus far and they're only about 30-40% worn.
They're round, require minimal weight to balance, and I've yet to hurt
one of them on anything...even lugging the old Dodge around the woods
and over rocks with well over a ton in the back.
In my recent research, Cooper is one of very few American made tires
anymore (most Goodyear light duty tires are made in Korea for example),
and they use a standard carcass with whatever tread design the private
tire mfr specifies. My BFG AT's lasted 25K on the old Dodge and were a
pain the entire time (one separated but was covered under warranty).
Kevin
Olznut@aol.com wrote:
> Ok, gonna be time for new skins soon. The BFG's just didn't last as long as I
> hoped and wasn't worth the $$$ vs longevity I hoped for. Might end up with
> 40-45k miles. Yes, they were great off road, good tires, quiet, etc etc but just
> didn't last long enough for me to justify another round. So, the choice I
> made is either the Bridgestone AT Revos, or pretty much a twin to the BFG tread,
> Futura Dakota HT's which are made by Cooper I think, which is a good brand I'm
> told. Anyone dealt with either of these, please chime in!! I have the
> 265-70-16
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Kevin Sellstrom, W6KTB E-Mail:ksellstr@softcom.net
***Wilton, California***
'99 Dodge Dakota CC, 4x4, 5.2,
'69 Dodge D200, 4x2, 318,
Also: '83 Volvo 244Ti, '85 Volvo 244, '68 Volvo 122S, '98 Specialized
Rockhopper A1FS
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